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|    Re: Power C/asm: returning a value from     |
|    14 Dec 19 17:03:23    |
      From: rose.joseph12@yahoo.com              On Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 7:17:21 PM UTC-5, K-Guide wrote:       > Using the stack makes alot of since for the return value of the assembler       > function. In the case of no parameter, I suspect you can just call the       routine       > via a function pointer in C. Set that to the address of your assembler       routine       > and call the function. Please bear in mind I am not a Power C programmer,       but       > am just guessing based on other platforms I program on. If you have       parameters       > there could be some documemtation on how to pass them via registers in the       > compiler docs. Compilers seem to have their own style for stuff like that.        It       > also could be that you just need to drop the values into a certain memory       > location as the assember routine expects it there.       >       > Not sure I follow you about the too few parameters.       >       The docs. I have reveal that the return value seems to overwrite the last       parameter passed to the function. That's why I am worried about the too few       parameters.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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